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Letters addressed to the Editor on busmen mutt come' free or postaue, or the) will hot be ntlended to, i ..SI 1 & CK li liilNli Ol H . nrtanitwtMri a r.ninmnv " "' OKPATtDTHCttOErS ADVENTURE IS. HUM., It is well known there is nothing mJftvbumorous than E well told Irish storj ; and such we are confident every one will pronounce tho following, which wont Ihe ruumU of theaYuwiarMM"nme years since, und will bear re publihMig.There ure some of the.W-t touches in it that we bnvo seen for many a day" - . "r" -The writer borine by a reference Jo CI Msthww'a hidicrous representation, in hi "Trip to America " of n Irishman who hud left his own countrr to'acek-bb firtune--Biid wb'aAef vs; rioti failure in the pursuit', at. Umgtit f intojl.e ' back aetttcmV.nts with thenteiiltoir ohocofmngf interpreter "general dciwitit m" j.ymiiw hip Indian fWe : jmMhe Jd8mi t tcj'it hi proffered 1ie vorjL'Mnt'crrtunyy is hp I,, rrr roll siys just lecahK fe did aot uudbju.ui) their langiin."-We kjrS' told, moreover, (he liniih 'viiited the Inn I of dykes an J I .i'iiis, fur the puriToeo of' teaching (Ito HollarjdcW: KnfflUh, n'li'e overlnokihp, (mjjil bis agival in the 1 country niuoo h "0vl)u; mn hc m ik word ol Dutch Kimsul'f.vlU jlia procoedfas fol. A wridin old gcntlenmn in the wjst or Ire land, whose love of the ridiculous quite equallod bis fat for claret and fox hunting, was wont upon cvrt'ftn H!IVO OCCnsions, wiini "Ciiuiuui;jr uuuiwu, tutmuee hi rrkn.la by droiiw; out ine.of Ins ...,...!. 1,it was excuifTgrr' f rwbai he wJiHni iwi!! ami peritept more tnnn ir jong and laitlilu! services had ontablislicd la For?of right of I.KjunoHy.'" Jle was one of fhoc f,.,.irinind,Privike!d oonicstica, who, if lii ,rtitfl.iifi!.Mdin'riT uttered rralr trnn!r miiflt oM PMaiQalxould. JiCutumSo jstt-Mw-MMShwlfalMJ,-. I at WQQld say, " UOHl juu ni n t vaarigltl, f'r any altercation arw up.m r inancrttt timtV- t'r-waE"'4l, rPW" m "" reason .either fnimlBrmef O'iC.e general good :t-r the dclinqueift1 wife and child," Yiiti(luet4Br t.iat alwayf turtjnd tjje scilc. t i 1 have allJiicd tnvthe nfaster, after miking cor- tain approotheS,"' Eiji I military man would ay, . !. nrpnaratorrcits-in layinif er8t6 some Tfrar(iffaa:-i "f hi wrTanl. Tiightr pefcfiancc. ii wail Pat thu : " Dy the by, Sir John, (address .12 a oinncisiii" ii "7" " . r. ...li ..rili .... f . L . .1 1 IKl .i.m m Mru tllr..iha st'iry, wtncn aomciqin jvu i a . ,u7 reminds me of.j.'t curem nfTat (turning to the man, evuleritlv, '"ed at the notice thus paidy,'. t j himself,) ynT-j( wiiber that queer aaveiituref-eigners, theie, says the Captain. . " n ell, aays I vou had iuFiaocot" t4 Trrttb I do air,", grinsj'" arid how do you know but Final' good a furrincr fa, p,,i What I" exclaims BirJohn, in feign cjl surprisrt " jvs Pat ever in Franco t" Indeed m w," exkptnhe hot ami P.t adi!,- ay, and farther, plBZ-iiydur honor." " I amre you, Sir Juhn," continue my hotf, PuUioId" me a atory once that surprised, me very .mucli respecting-the v .L-r li'.'iiIj,a,ii' ijnnrsncflu 01 ino rrejn.n. ,... . the baronet, nlly 1 tway ipped the Frenoh in be mot ar-i'omplirw'd pcOph1," " Troth limn, they're Huff 'w, interrupt I'.iU " uii, uy no nwans," add initio hot shaking hh he ad'emphat j i-sllv. "I belive; iVtwni wliet)..6 were rrosing the Athintic," say lJi mnitVif .turiimg to t l'.Lwuh a seductive alt, and leading htrrf into the i "foil and true account," (for P.ifhad thought fill North Amenkay, tbr " a raron ho had," in , :,.. mtumTiTniie' . sir," ty fat, ! " i .a Broad Atlantic," a favorite jihraso of hin, ho j '.'ive with a broguo s broad, nlmtet, a the Allan-1 ' c iilf. " It wa the time 1 was lost in crii"sm' ! I ' Brnail Atlantic n comitr rmmc,,F lcgiin l'at, ; b'nw.and 1ho eae to jcirl, that you'd think (hej VJUen dhn, (that wa hr nam",) would not have j 'n nt left but what would row I out i f her. Wi ll, "ire enough, tho mast went hv liio board, at latj j nr.-l tho pumps wacbake'd, divil clmak them for : tliat same, and av cooroe tho wathergaincd on us, j ana troth to bo filled with watticr is nenijer,gnou fir man or baste, and sho wa sinkin' fswt.'settliii' '"wn,atho sailor call it, and faith I never was J"d at seltlin' down in my life, and I liked- then Icnnr nevarj rrnrdinplv V.0 nrepafod for the Wl,r't, nnd put out the boat, nnd gut n ack o' biili j ts, and a ca-shk o' Mirk, and a kag o' wElherand i 'Irilloo' rum aboard, and'any other little mat ' 'Iters we could think iv in tho mortal hurry wo wor j i and faith there wn nd lime to be bwt, for my j '"lint, the colleen dhai went down like a lump " lend, afore we wor many athMkes o tho our, ay from her Wall, we dhrifted away all that I "Klii. aud noxt mornin' rut un a piece av a and on) "fllaswe could, for wo darn't show n atilchu'! ''iva tho night aforo, brkaso il wa blowing like "y murther savin your presence, and sure it i onilher of the world we worn'l awally'd alive 'he ragiu' sun well away we wiut, fr moro ' i erk, and nothm' boforc our two good look- mg yes but the cmopy iv honven nnd the wido ocean the broad Atlantic divil a thing was to be seen hut the sue and sky, both ov : im mighty purty in themselves," yet by . my aowl they're no great things when you've pothih "else to look at -fora-weck Wgciher and the barest rock in the' world, o it waa land, would be more welkim. an then, soon enough troth, our provisions began to run low, tho bishkits, and the wather, and tho rum troth that was gone first of all God help uz and oh I it was thin that starvation began to atore uz in the face. "Oh murther. murther. Cantuin Darlint," SAys I, that we could ee land any where," -ays 1. " More power to your elbow. Paddv mv boy," says ho, for ich a good winh, and troth Ha mysclfthut wishes tho aame."" Oh GoI gjrant it." say I dear "awcet.quoen oflieaven, supposing it was only a diraolute Island," aays I," inhabited by wild Turks, sure they ,woud not. be such -bud unrHtians as to retuw uz a bit and a sup." " Whisht, whisht, Paddy," says (he captain " donl be talliiii' bad of any ono," any he, " you don't know how soon you may wanr a fiood word puV in for yourself, if you should he called to quarthers in th' other world all of, a niiddent," snvy L- u 'f'l t : . lit... " V ' hc. - iiiruo lor you captain; uanini, aays I -I called him darlint and made h-eo wld btm, you see, bekase disthress make us all equal' ihrue lor you, captain, jewel j God betune uz nd barm. I owe no man wny spite" an i troth that waa only truth. Well, the lust bishkil was served out,' and , by gor, the .wather itself was all gone at last, and we passed lUe night - mighty cowled 1 welUat. the w brake o day the sua riz most beautiful out o' lha wavejj Hint was a bright as silver and as clear as cryslnal.' Dut it waa onthe more cruel upon uz, for we w or beginninto feel terrible .hungry: I when all at wont I thought I spied tho land ; by gor, 1 tho't 1 felt my heart tip, in jny throat m a minit, and-",(hunder an' ouns, Captain," says I, look .to leeward I" aays I. "What fort" says he. vLlhink I tee the land," uysvI,so he ups with hi ,fbringem near" that's what they call ' a apygkuM, sir, and looks out, and sure enough, it was. ' ' ' ";."V'' ; .. ' ' . i Hurra I says he, " we're all right now; pull . away, boye,",ays he,"Cwe're all rjht now .pull . ,ae aV ,. ho..,,.. lata are you're not savs I. " mav be onlv a ui hank. T Cnptatrr, darlint," say I. " Oil no," aaysC, tfs ,the hnu nirnest.. "t'h then whereabout sjn the wide forld Bre'wer' 'ys 1. Captain,' may; be it's in Roosia, or Procia,'or tho Garrnant OceajiU ,nys I. Tut, you fool," say ha; lor be had that. Confuted way with -him thinknr liimcir cl'4".er ' nor any mm el, " tut, yu fool," nay he, lth!VtV France" say lie. " Fire and ouns," saya T, "do you tell me so ! and how do you know it' France it- is, Captain, dearf'say I. Al Bekase thin i , the bay q Dinky we're in now," say he. 'Ijroth l was thinkm, so myself," says I, "by thopitI it hi, for I often heard av it m regard p that si me," and troth, th.o4!;er VI-neve?? ub roro nor ssnso, and with the' help of God pever will. Pm, T Well wht that my hearttegan To growjiht A , w.anu;w.ttea.ji vm myiue w sie, s oegan to grow twice hungrier nor everrfo eays. I, " Udptam, jewel, I wish we had a gridiron." " Why, then," says he, "thunder and turf," "what put a gridiroo into your head T' Bekase I'd starriu wuh hun taya I..l Animrq.hai.lucJuo joti," aays hou"you couldn't ate a gridiron," say ho, " bar. rtoTwMvorXKg XteTcridlron, aayn, och, in troth I am not ' such a sommack all out aa that any how. Cut ..Hire. if..w hud, a. gridiron wa. could, drew a beef "stake," says I.' "Arrah, but where' tho bpef stake to iilires," says he. '(Sure couldn't we cut a slice ofl 1 ho pork," say I. By gor I never thoiiaht of that,", say the. Caiu.-, i.liia!foa cievrivnow, j auuj,, bj uo siaugiuii. - v-n thfte's nwuy a tliruo word waiJ -in jok'e," say I. "Tbrue fosyou Pad.dy," say he. " Well then,'' says I, " if you, put rue ashore there bcyant," for we were nein the land all the time, " and sure I can xe them to lend mo the loan of a gridiron," .says I. Oh by gir, tho but her' coimn' out o' the stir-a-houtin airnesl now," says he, "you commich says he, sure I towld you before thni's France and sure they're all furrincrs for a any o' thim. " W' hat do you' ruaue r say s he, M maH0,"riys I,," wliat I old you, that I'm as good a furriner myself as.any o'thim," " mako me sensible,? saya he. By dad may be 4hat'THore nor me, or greater nor me could do," says 1, -and we'all began to laugh at blm, lor I thought I'd pay him oil" for, a bit o' consait he had about the garmm oceant. 1 .'? cave oil your humbugging. says lie, " J bid you, and tell you what you mane at all & jL"-Parley rob Frongwy" say 1. " Oh, your humble acrvans" say he, ' why,' by gor, you're a schooled scholar, Paddy." Troth you may say -that, aaya W Why,ynf're a chrcr fellow Vaddy, say tho Captain-jocrin' likq. "Troth you're not Ilia first that said that,"' says I, " whctlur you joke or. 'no ;" "Oh but Fin in nirnest," aytho Captain" and do you tell me Paddy, say he, " that you spake Frinch 1" Pur r.y too t'tpnpxati" say I. "By gor that "bangs IiiiniiL'her.'andall the world know Il.iuaglir bang the devil. " 1 never mot the like o' you Paddy,"J v Im "pull away twiyn, niiil put I'li'lily ujI.uib; and may be we wont gel a belly full before long So with that it was no wwiier said than done they pulled away and got close into shorn in les than no lime, ana run inu wm uj, in n iiiu-j ho i, mm a beautiful creek it was,, with a lovely white mlirand, and illigant place forthe ladies to bathe in the summer and out I cohVnd it's stiff" enough! I was In hiy limbs after being crnmp'd up in the boat, hud "perished with the cowld and kungar ; but I contrived to aciamble on ono way or th' other, tow'rds a bit of a wood that wa closo to the shore, ond the smoke curhn''out o' it quite iimptin like. 1 . i Bv my sowl," say T, " I'm ill right there' a house thirt," ay I and sure enough the was, and a parcel of men, women, aud children anting their dinner round a table quito convenient. And so I winl up to-i lie door, and I thought I'd bn very civil to thtin, a I neerd tlio 1 rmctj was always p'lito iutiroly and I thought I'd sImiw them, I knew whBt good mnnnera wu-So 1 took off my' hat arid makitig a low bot aay I," God save all ' hero," say I. .Well to beure lliey all stent noting at wonst and began to atare aVme, Bhd.fuith they . almiat looked me outef counienance-and 1 thought to myself it wa not good manners at all mor ho token from fiirrtnors, w?ich they call so mighty p'lite, but I never mitidcd that in r ard bf wanlin' tne gridiron, and aocaya I, H I bijj your pardon," say I, " fbr the liberty" 1 take, but its only )ia' in disttircss in regard of aling,".?tys I, "that I iiiimu uowm to uiroui)ioyez, una iryou could lind me the loan Ik a girdinm,''' sr.)i I, (knowing what was in their rr ) ij! fi eri I j tlru for you. aye 1 "I'm tathoi fit'.;(!i,, and God knows I m aimer pnoiuiluhni ii 1. ,i, n nr,K 1 ' . II. V J I 1. ' 9 W tJV .1U ., saye.l, " winch dhno uk a -ihore hero below, and we're all atarvin' says f So thcti they beg in to iook at each olber nam, and 'mysoir svolhg at wonts that dirty IT hta was in their h ttdnd that they tuk me f c a hoor buf''iar''comiii' if cruve charity With thai, says I, " by no manes wtfiaVe plenty o' mateoursnlve. there bolowm) we'll dhrbss it," says Would be plandio lind us the loan of a gridiron says I, makin' low bow. Well, air, the devil bjt but they stared at me twice worse than ever, and faith I beano to. think that may bo the Cap'nin-was wronc. and tlmtlt was qofFrance at a' at ellwand o says, " I beg par-, don,Bir,"-aayjiJ,j6 a fine ould man, with K head hoi' j .wlite aa silver" may be I'm uhuW a astakoT' aays I J "but.l thought I was in France airj are'olyou furrinersl" says l-u Pari too trongtaBn Wm munseer," says he-: IThen would yov Iini ase the loan of a gridirorf," my I, " if you plane 1" Oh, it was thin that Jhny 'stared at me as il I had seven heads and faith mvsell be gan to feel flusthered like an ooaiy and no aays I, making a bow and a scrape agiri, " IJinow it's a liberty I take air, says I, " but it's onlv in the regard oT betn ca-t away, and if you plase, air," says 1." Parly voo Fronirsy !" We munseer." aya he mighty sharp. Tkin would you Undine the Joan of a gridiron V aays I, " and you'll obleeni nio. . iieu sir, me oia ciiap Degan to munseer we, m.ii H.v. but the divil a bit of a gridiron he d gi me, and so l began to thinK they were, all negars niggard, for all their fine manners: and troth my blond bo gan to rise, and saya 1, " By my sowl if it waa ou was in duthress, nays I, " and if it. waa to ould Ireland you kern, it'a not only the gridiron they'd give you, ' if you'd ax'd it. but aninetliin to put an it too, and the drop o' dhrink into, the baruam, and end mite faitte.wVTXt th word ceorf mih faille seemed to strike bis heart, and th ould chap turned his ears, and sn thought I'd give hi n another offer, and make him eemilile at last, ami so says I, wonst more, quito slow that ho mtgiit Understand." Parly vooih rong iy nunseer T"- We munseof." says he ; ' then lind me the loan of a' gridiron, aays I, "and bad luck to you. - WII. bad win to the bit of it he'd gi"' mci nnd the j old man begins bowin and warpin.?,.and . said something or other about a Ion tong,c. Ph.w- I to the devil I pitch yourself and your tongs," says I, ' I dont wani a tongs nt all at all ; but enn't you liiten to rayseu," aays I. Parly too. Frong say r " Wee muoeer." " Thwi thunder and turf. . Will you lind me tie l,-tn of u gridirm-f and bowld your1 brate." Well what would you think but he shook hi oald noddio as much to say be would nt t and o say Bad luck. to the likes V you that I ey.er seen trot rrif you wor irt my country it' not that away they'd ose you, you oulJ sinner, says I, tbe divil a longer III darken your d mr," So he seen I was vex'd and I thought, r 1 was turning away, I seen him to begin to xelint, and that bis conscience throuhlcd him and ways I you ouiu mini , are you a cnnsiain ai an at an i are you a furrinerf aays (, "that all the would Call so p'lite bad luck to you, do you understand your own language T Parly voo Frongsay," says I. " We munaeer, ray he. "Then blood ouns," say I, will you lind me the load of a gridiron f' i LLMr Jho-y receav itUe. bitf,u 4ied gi" mo and with (hat "the curso o' the hungry an" you, you oldocgarly villain," eayi 1 ihe back V my band and tbe aoul of my fut to you, that you may want a gridiron yourself saya I, "and wher ever I go, high and low, rich and poor shall bear o' vou says I ; and with that I lull them then, air, and kom away and in troth it'a odea eehce, that thought it was remarkable. , 2" ,. Some m'ntificition of Paddy' touching the Frcnc'i n'entend. . w An Angelic Ifoutemaid.k lady in the neigh horhood of Chelmsford, a few day ago, received a ' letter from another lady, inquiring a to the " habit j and capabilities" of a young woman, who had i lived with the former as houc;naid. The lollcvin.-' were the various queries : " I she clean I ber I honest f steady t good tempered I willing to I, taught I an early riser, without being called ? not " inclined to gosnip and idle her lime ! and hun ho j any follower t Uoea she well understand wailing ; at table T and cleaning pla'e ? It she quick t mi;! cm she mw neatly T The ans.ver to ihee inquires ; wa as brief as it wa eiorcivc. It wan: I "Dear Madam: Polly P i an angel of a housemaid. From making of a bed down to the threading of a needle, you will find her all that you can wish and even a little more." T- 1 Fortntie Eloquence. "fMuy ftpleaae ho court I and gentlemen of the jury : We shall attempt to pfnyp, lit, that hiy t ""i; n" " ""y depredations on the complainant' fence ; 2nd, that j tlm hog broke only three pickets instead of six, a' set forth in the indictment ; and 3rd, that iny e!i-1 i t 4 hoginor Hever k.id. j i One of the city missionaries cf Boston, a few dayaaincp, witnesed,a singular scene in that city. In a miserable hovt-r a houso which ho entered, j be f mnd a man lying dead, with some of the f.imi jly drunk about him. In iho amo rqpm witli the j ! corpse a couple were being married tho bride,-) groom wearing the very ciutnes wnicn ino ucao nmn had hist cast of, and every tiling was going on very merrily, a though it was a jovial lime. " ilaling a Conquett.u Tom," id ao impudent wng to a conceited fopt " I know a beautiful crea turo who wishes to make your acquaintance." q " Dem'd glad to hear it fine girl-sfruck with iny appearance, I suppose, eh ?" . ' Yrs-r-very much so." jBlie think you'd mako a capital playmate for bet poodle dogV . i' A lawyer once asked a Quaker if he cquld tell the difference between ahp and likewit.' "On ye," said the Quaker, " lrskine isa great lawyer hia taleut r likqwwe .admired by every one; you are a U rr aUo but ii' f Ideirlir. - fHH feUMMER BIRDS. "t -' . .' ltU. AMELIA B. WEI.BT. " . Bweet Aarblera of the sunny hours, s v-,, For ever oft the win ' .' 1 love them, aa 1 Ibvs the flower,; ,4 r The sunlight, and the spring. Ui They come like pleasant memories,' v . In aummor's joyous time, ' -, AndTng tlieif gushing melodies W i ?. ' As I would iing a rhyme. Kt I ' bf-f. 'Ci-.'' " In the green and quiet plpces . Where the i gulden sunlight Gill IVa'i aiilli a.nilinl TmfA , j -To lirt their ailver-calls ;. , y ' i And when thoir holy sntherna t ' 4 T " Cm pealing1 through the sir, j Our heart lei p firth to meet jhem, . With allc.iii;j and a prayer. -r tnij,tbe moroirig's i ftagranfdow . . Amid the tnls of eveu- k r.; . They warble o: ua it tlicy drw (' f ,. " ' Tbir ffliiBio ilyiivn Irom 1 1avcn. ' 1 How sweetly sounds each nellow)ioter " Ikaealh the moon's pale ray, V . When dying sephrys rise and flot,i 1 . f --Like lover' signs, away t ,. t ' ' ' ' . - fc , Like shadowy spirit seen at eve, ' ':( Among the tomb they glide; - . ' -7 Where sweet pale fornrc, tor which we enouc,' Lis sleeping aide by side. They drotk With song and solemn bush '' ' ' "W bar peaco reclines her hood, And link their lay with mourntul thought iiui ciuaier muuu me aesu. For never can mr'soul tbrgof 1 lie loved ot other years; ' " iiieir memories mi my sptriryei .. -. . J've kept thorn green wiUi im. , 4 And their singing greets iny heart at time, , . A in the day of yore, fT - i- .Tliou(.'h their music, sod their lovelincM, l'- If o'er forever o'er. v Aod often, when the mournful night Comes wtth klow, tweet tiliii, And mts a ata qn every heiglit, j, -And one ennlo the tnoon !? VVfi.-D riot sound ol wind or wave m The holy tilloeTtiarii, I look above, and ilfue to4race Thavr dwellings in the stars., ' The birds ! the birds of summer hours They bring a guah ot glee,4 . To the child among (he iranDi flow-; 'o the sailor on,ihv sea. v , We bear their thriUUog voices . " Iri their swift and airy flight - M And th iumost heart rejoices With a calm aodfure delight. . , t " , . In the stillncB of the starlight hoarj, ' ' . When I am With the dead, f ,- -. --. i) I may they flntter Mfl4th fUvcri J . i ;."'That blokam o'er beaJ,:' H . V. -sjj-s - - j melodious stnu'o,'.. '-i I O'critp whose brokeu morody Shall never auug again. ;.,- ) ORIGIN OF THE CITY OFf LONDON. ... . Lou'Jouulir-t nieutioned a a Roman fottlomcnt, resirfence of a great many merchant and dealers. Long before their taking possession of it, however, it was a villuge of the Bclgic Britons, who were a mixed raeo ot Gaul and Germans, but ' more Germ in than Gaelic. It was built in a wood, for tified with rampart and ditches, and hence its naiiio LunJ, .or..Jko,..Wfia8. Mtduyr-tit' tit ified fwnod, or hill. It m indebted to no splendid origin or adventitious aid, except being the bent of , Government ; but hns rinen to n premint grandeur and opulency by it intrinsic merits, the advantages of it situation, and the industry and commercial spirit of it inhabitants. Tho Romans soon dis covered its convenient situation for a military station, and established a magaziuo ol store and provisions there, A. I). 51. Tho first notice of London a a place of com mercial importance, rcur in the annals of Tacitus, who speaks of it as tho noble emporium of hi time, the great resort of merchant, and famous for its ociul intercourse ; though not a colony. About tbe year 8S0, London, which appears to have been almost totally destroyed and depopu. Inted by the Danes, wa rratorcd nnd more strongly fortified by Alfred, and soon niter filled with , inhabitant who had been driven n.to exile, or kept in cnptivity by the Danes. In the year 1530, a manufactory ol tho finest sort of glasses, wa established on Friurs ; and the ini- flint glas, little inferior to that of Venice, was at tlie Mine tune mane at the bavoy. sevon years nftnrwanl a manufactory of knives was begun by Tnomas Matthew, of Fleet Bridge. Tho wholo number of Merchant in London, at j the commencement of Queen Elizabeth'-reign, I 1(S", were, in all, only threo hundred and twenty six. In the year 1571), Morgan Ilubhlethnrn, a dyer, w.i sont to Persia, at the expense of tho city of London, to learn the art of dvejnff thrre, nml nf ,l0 .-car 13, tho use of c nrhes w intro i.Lir.rv a nr ftp's. d iceJ by a Dutchman named William lijoioen wh. beennio tho Uuoon'd coachmau, and bofore many year, diver great Indie inudo tJieiiim-Uoji coacho, and rode in them up and down the coun try. Shortly before that period, tho knowledge and wear of hiwns and cambric wem, introduced by j tho Dutch merchanto, who retailed thoso articles in oIIh, yards, ate., for there was not then one shop keeper among forty who durnt buy n whole piece. AboMt the fifth or sixth year of the reign of Elizabeth, the manufacture of pins wa introduced ; snd in her eighth year the mauulucturo uf needle was first taught. i Abflut the same time the'i ma -ing of earthen furnace, earthen fire pott, and earthern ovens, transportable, were first taught in London, without Moorgato, b Richard Dyer, who brought'the on frpm Spain. ' : Women' masks, mufls, fins, bodkins, and per nwigs, wore introduced from France about tho tune of tho maacre iri Paris, 1572-1 .VJT. Pock et walchea WuKjRrst brouglit into London from Nuremburg in Germany whore they wero thought to have been invented. The printing of pricen current waa first adopted by John Day, of Loudon, in 1044. . The banking busmen commoiiccd in 1545 aa ppears fromi rare pamiihlHt, entitled, " The mis ery of tho new ,fushionogo d(iiilJa,or banker discovereiti 7iv I in ivjntwa stated mat tuo inorphiinliriu f isTaof London,o longer dar jto conn'rurj aj.bi Cjre, in the jntegnty and caro f thoir apprentice. ' nnl;clorKit who frequently go ntottho Briiijecnn firjlnt.tlut iieriod to lodge their cash iii ilie hut)5s'oLgj4!mjhs whom they commissioiir both to receive and to pay fur iliem. ThfloIibimijjiSr'o-tlickly perceiving tho auvautagi , tin V might ho oonvod from Ihisuintal, toon allow. (Ja rogulur lutoreat otyill sums deposited. .i " . . ,.in tne saino 'car, hho, me uso oi couee wa m . trodtiedd Ihta, Lorfdon," ly Turkuh rncrdha who'broiight hfin'o 'wrth hint I 4lagusnn, Greek, by whoot hnannor o loaptmajd making cdt- loejVasfnstViade'knowii. , . :U lu the. year 1070, tho wear ofliHlia muntin waa-- introd'rcn! into London, and soon became prevalent. In u;i yen- ' o, tho lluiiW Uay Company waa incorporate 1 with very enlarged powers and tho manul.i ' fiine glass . brought to perfection , ?)Urou"!i ':,o ciicouragemcnt ot the Dulia of Buck h iliam, who procured maker, grinders, and poL i.i'rn tl glass, from Venice, to settle in England? The printing of calicoes waa first practised in London, in 1099,ai)d nearly at the same tiiiso tho weaver loom wa introduced into tlio.jntUopr U. from Holland, and it was called the Dutch Loom l.ngine. The great increaao pf the populatioo, and da mcBtic traffic of the Metropolis, led ti thai uaeM establishment, tho pnny poit-whlh wasaet fli by JMurray, an upholsterer in tho year lS5. ; Trie year 1694 became ,a most memorablo'onw ' in tho commercial annals of tho Motropolin, byjho iiiSlitutino of the Bank of England, which was in corporated by charter on the 89th of July, the ef fect of which on the trade, prosperity, revenues, 4cc, exerted a very bonddcial and salutary inlla ence. - ' , . Tlin SUN AT MIDNIGHT. ti " rB0 BAIHU'S TEAVElT I El'EOpr. A ajr-amboat leaver Stockholm everyvweek, and louche at Geflo, lludikkvall, Hcriiosand, Union, and other noint on tho western coasts of the Gulf oi.li jinnia. ai- u asa, on tne eastern, on its way up to.Tcrnea. at "ho head of tho gulf. Tli voyage i Vcryllirca8ant one, anJ give ah opportunity Jo those who wish to go up.to that very northern city an ll!e summer olstice, or on St. John day, when Irom thoneighlwrmg mountain they can have thoj'r - . mini cmiiirmcu in The truth prttto Loicrnicao.yii. s ' tem.v For, at that epoch, the sun, to hosb who are " '. on'jbat elevation, doei not tldcend below the hori- L ion, lmt-,is sech to. decline to the northwest, antt " vrg-;,apte'i!d nl1 , reaches at midnight iutowvwf pomt: when ft u fu-?fc'raK,-"?Tl WsiMe about Tho hdrizon.,, Jn a few idinute H if neon to commerce its upward courso lowa'rda the,, - northensfi and thua'conlinue it gloriou jirngt&n' until it reaches again it zenith in tho south.' Even" ' to ono who is nt Stockholm at thnepoch, the tiighlij " ' for two or threo Wdckfore u(rioieii'tly light'from the refraction of the auu'a ray, owjtg to it beintf ,9 jiui.o,pcnnnu. ia-iomowfiot tbginf vriB'ance" of almost any busines. We happened about this time four year ago, to txf going up the promonto ry ot I 'jvala, and were obliged to travel all night ; and we havo a dhtinct recollection of rending a let ter at midnight with ease, even whiltpusing thrmij-h a forest. A nd the year after, at the sarno 0"i'2n.. WO-tlioa whiled awayent leisord IliiamnntT by sitting at the windows of the houso where we stayed, on the Erglish quay in St.Potcrsburg, city which is situated In (lie same dog. N. of Slock. holm, and reading until midnight During that eriod acarcely a cloud waa to baecn in tho sky, which had both day and night, thai light blue which i peculiar to those northern regioWat that portion of the year, and which ie oceaaicned by tho ray of the sun triking the atmosphere of that portion of tbe earth at ao amall an angle." Scarce ly a star wa viniblu in the heavens at night, and the moon, oven when full, hardly formed a slmdow. At thnt season there ia something uuuatural aud deathlike in tho appearance of things a night art in. Business come o an end before tho sun goes down, all nature fnllt into stiHnct and ruposo whilst it is yet light. And ii you have becu un accustomed to such n stato of things, you seem, a you pi the streets, whether it bo of Stockholm, ut St. Pcterburg, llernoand,or Tornea, to bo in tho midst of a city which is uninhabited. No ,v. ing thing, perhaps, is to be eeo any where, ns you mss pirci micr streei, save some solitary sentinel, with his grey coal and musket. ' John Du Sollo.of the Philadelphia Timet, under the heud of " Florida Newl Highly Lnportint! Machine Poetry !" tear ofl tho following lender rag of sentiment : Hurrah for ottr lad of 'the sabte and lrig-:or. In history's psgos they'll make s g rest jigger, No hcriici" on record were bravei e b'i-"rr, Ttin'n; lip'iirM Mrre vhiUi rcn, rico iqimtft and a Rum (Jtr Not lonj since a re!i-iouj society in CoiRciu-nt met to decide what color they shool J pHint their nieeiiiig house. Sjino proposed ono color an I s.imrt another. At last shvs one, " l movo wo paint it rum color : for deacon Smith lias had h s Ian- painted that color for a numhrr i.i" ; years. n:J it gro-,v brishlcr nnd brij-hier cutv ! your !'' Tho following is the latest and surest method i puling tooth: Fasten a strong piece or twino to the tooth thnt is to lo drawn, and attach the other end of the twine to n heavy stone. Then, if tho tooth bo in the upper jaw, stand on a fence, and let the stone drop down suddenly if th0 tooth bo in i!. under jiw, Ktand at vtho bottom of the Icnce and throw the ttono over. I ry it .Vft Uaren R,. itkr, Why ia a druukard nearly ready to sin the pladgo hko p skeptical Hindoo? Because he is doubtful whether to give up the womhip of the Jue or-not (hipgvnmil.) Philadelphia .f 'trr, :1 ... j .V i ir - 1 "V-
Western Carolinian (Salisbury, N.C.)
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